Relaxation effects of clustered particles
2001; Wiley; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/jmri.1153
ISSN1522-2586
AutoresAkihiro Tanimoto, Koichi Oshio, Makoto Suematsu, Daniel Pouliquen, David D. Stark,
Tópico(s)Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
ResumoRelations between spatial distribution of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) particles and the image contrast caused by SPIO were investigated. Actual clustering pattern of particles was measured in the liver and spleen of animals using intravital laser confocal microscopy. SPIO-doped phantoms with and without Sephadex beads were made to simulate these patterns, and relaxation parameters were measured using a 1.5-T clinical scanner. Finally, these results were compared to clinical image data using SPIO particulate agent. Intravital microscopy indicated that the clustering of latex beads was more predominant in hepatic Kupffer cells than in splenic macrophages (P < 0.001). Phantoms without Sephadex beads showed an approximately linear increase of 1/T1 (R1), 1/T2 (R2) and 1/T2* (R2*) values with increasing SPIO concentration. However, with Sephadex beads, R1 and R2 showed little change with increasing SPIO concentration, while R2* showed the same linear increase with SPIO. Also, the R2* values were higher with Sephadex beads. These results were consistent with the clinical imaging data, where signal reduction was significantly smaller in the spleen (-0.4% +/- 27.4%) than in the liver (50.4% +/- 16.8%, P < 0.00001) on T2*-weighted images, but the reduction in the spleen (47.2% +/- 16.1%) was equivalent to the liver (38.8% +/- 26.0%) on T2-weighted images.
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